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Where To Start?
Here are some articles to get you started recommend 👇
- Where (And How) to Start Learning AWS as a Beginner
- Best Resources For AWS Certifications: An Extensive & Opinionated Guide (So You Pass The First Time!)
- Does AWS Require Coding? Understanding When You Might Need To Code.
- Is AWS Easy To Learn? (And How You Can Make It Easier)
Or, check out the full list of articles…
Every Article (By Category)
AWS
- Which Is The Best AWS Region For Your Location? Based on Cost & Latency
- Which AWS Region Is Cheapest? A Costing Report
- How To Find Which AWS Region Is Closest To You?
- Is An AWS Certification Enough To Get You A Job? (Spoiler Alert: No)
- Can You Learn AWS (And Get Certified) With No Experience? e.g. No IT Background Or Degree
- How Long Will It Take To Learn AWS? And How To Speed The Process Up!
- Best Resources For AWS Certifications: An Extensive & Opinionated Guide (So You Pass The First Time!)
- How To Test AWS Lambda: Everything You Need To Get Started.
- How To Debug AWS Lambda: A Detailed Overview
- Lambda Extensions: What Are They, And Should You Care?
- Can You Stop An AWS Lambda Execution?
- Can You Learn AWS On Your Own? How To Ensure Success.
- What Are The Pre-Requisites To Learning AWS? 5 Topics You Probably Should Look Into First.
- Does AWS Require Coding? Understanding When You Might Need To Code.
- Can AWS Lambda Access A Database? And The Considerations You Should Be Taking.
- Is AWS Easy To Learn? (And How You Can Make It Easier)
- You’re Alerting Wrong: The Why & How Of Setting An AWS Lambda Alarm Using Error Rate Percentages.
- Should You Use Typescript To Write Terraform? (The Terraform CDK)
- How To Setup Monitoring / Observability On Existing Software (e.g. A Web API): A Practical 5 Step Guide.
- How Do You Look at Console.Log Output of an Amazon Lambda Function?
- The Simplest Possible EC2 Web Server Setup Using Terraform (On AWS)
- Serverless on AWS Lambda: A Comprehensive Comparison Of Approaches (Serverless Framework vs SAM vs Terraform vs CloudFormation)
- 3 Simple Serverless Beginner Projects Ideas
- Misconceptions of Serverless: 5 Things You Thought AWS Lambda Did… But It Doesn’t.
- How to Use AWS KMS in AWS Lambda
- The Ultimate Terraform Workflow: Setup Terraform (And Remote State) With Github Actions
- Master the AWS Lambda Console: A Comprehensive Walkthrough.
- AWS Queues And Lambda Processing: A Simple, Quick Walkthrough.
- Create An AWS S3 Website Using Terraform And Github Actions
- Where (And How) to Start Learning AWS as a Beginner
- How To Get AWS Lambda Logs Into CloudWatch
- Set Up AWS Lambda With An ALB (Load Balancer)
- AWS Lambda on Github Actions: How To Send Zipped Artifacts to AWS S3
- AWS access keys — 5 Tips To Safely Use Them.
- AWS networking fundamentals: A simple guide for software engineers.
- Your personal AWS setup (and how to not get hacked)
Serverless
- In Serverless, Who Sets Up The Environment? What You Do & Don’t Have Access To
- How To Test AWS Lambda: Everything You Need To Get Started.
- How To Debug AWS Lambda: A Detailed Overview
- Are Containers Serverless?
- Lambda Extensions: What Are They, And Should You Care?
- Can You Stop An AWS Lambda Execution?
- Can AWS Lambda Access A Database? And The Considerations You Should Be Taking.
- You’re Alerting Wrong: The Why & How Of Setting An AWS Lambda Alarm Using Error Rate Percentages.
- How Do You Look at Console.Log Output of an Amazon Lambda Function?
- Serverless on AWS Lambda: A Comprehensive Comparison Of Approaches (Serverless Framework vs SAM vs Terraform vs CloudFormation)
- 3 Simple Serverless Beginner Projects Ideas
- Misconceptions of Serverless: 5 Things You Thought AWS Lambda Did… But It Doesn’t.
- How to Use AWS KMS in AWS Lambda
- Master the AWS Lambda Console: A Comprehensive Walkthrough.
- AWS Queues And Lambda Processing: A Simple, Quick Walkthrough.
- How To Setup AWS Lambda Scheduled Events with Terraform
- How To Get AWS Lambda Logs Into CloudWatch
- Set Up AWS Lambda With An ALB (Load Balancer)
- AWS Lambda on Github Actions: How To Send Zipped Artifacts to AWS S3
- 4 Signs You Should Break Your App Into Microservices
- The 6 Concepts You Need To Know Before Trying Serverless
- Setting up a REST API on Serverless Framework
Certifications
- Which AWS Certification Should You Take First? The Definitive Answer.
- How Long Will It Take To Learn AWS? And How To Speed The Process Up!
- Best Resources For AWS Certifications: An Extensive & Opinionated Guide (So You Pass The First Time!)
- How Much Do AWS Certifications Cost? Including All The Extras
- ACloudGuru: Is It Worth The Money? And Your Main Options For Learning Cloud
- ACloudGuru Review: AWS SysOps Exam Prep.
Infrastructure-As-Code
- What Is Terraform Used For? The 3 Main Use Cases.
- How Long Does It Take To Learn Terraform? And How To Speed Up Your Learning.
- Should You Use Typescript To Write Terraform? (The Terraform CDK)
- Terraform: How To Rename (Instead Of Deleting) A Resource
- The Simplest Possible EC2 Web Server Setup Using Terraform (On AWS)
- What is Terraform? A Simple Definition.
- 10 Terraform Best Practices: For Secure & Fast Infrastructure.
- Should You Commit the Terraform .tfstate File to Git?
- The Ultimate Terraform Workflow: Setup Terraform (And Remote State) With Github Actions
- What Is the Best Way to Learn Terraform?
- Create An AWS S3 Website Using Terraform And Github Actions
- What is Immutable Infrastructure?
- 3 Steps To Migrate Existing Infrastructure To Terraform
- 5 Important Reasons To Learn Terraform Before Cloud Computing.
- Terraform Modules: A Guide To Maintainable Infrastructure As Code
- Declarative vs. Imperative Infrastructure As Code
- Learn The 6 Fundamentals Of Terraform — In Less Than 20 Minutes
- 3 Terraform Features to Help You Refactor Your Infrastructure Effortlessly
- Infrastructure As Code: A Quick And Simple Explanation.
Containers
Observability & Monitoring
- You’re Alerting Wrong: The Why & How Of Setting An AWS Lambda Alarm Using Error Rate Percentages.
- How To Setup Monitoring / Observability On Existing Software (e.g. A Web API): A Practical 5 Step Guide.
- You’re Logging Wrong: What One-Per-Service (“Phat Event”) Logs Are and Why You Need Them.
- How To Get AWS Lambda Logs Into CloudWatch
Careers
- What Are The Different Roles In The Cloud? A Beginners Guide.
- Where To Start With Cloud Computing? 5 Quick Tips To Get Hands-On Today.
- Is An AWS Certification Enough To Get You A Job? (Spoiler Alert: No)
- Can You Learn AWS (And Get Certified) With No Experience? e.g. No IT Background Or Degree
- How Long Will It Take To Learn AWS? And How To Speed The Process Up!
- Best Resources For AWS Certifications: An Extensive & Opinionated Guide (So You Pass The First Time!)
- Best Online Communities For Cloud Engineers (Forums, Chats & More)
- The Secret Of Web Development BootCamps And How To Use Cloud To Your Advantage
- Reader Question: Which AWS Certificates Should You Start With If You’re A Junior?
- Do Cloud Engineers Code?
- What is a Cloud Native Software Engineer?
- The Software Career You Didn’t Think To Consider — Professional Services
- How to Coach: A Cheat Sheet
- Writing A Punchy Junior Software Developer Cover Letter: A Case Study.
- An inside look at my favourite apps
Reader Questions
Book Summaries
Meta
- 2023 Summary: Data Driven Stories About The Cloud
- 2021 Summary: A Rebrand To “Open Up The Cloud” & The Start Of Video Content
- Income Report – Dec 2021
- 2020 Summary: Traffic Growth, The Websites First Income & The Plans For 2021!
- How I Gained Consistent Traffic To My Website Using SEO (And How You Can, Too)
- 2019 Summary: Up & Running With Serverless and Regaining Blogging Motivation
- 2018: A Year In Review
- The one and only thing I’ll be focusing on in 2018